The Centre for Rehabilitation and Advancement of Disables (The Cradle)

Trust Cradle (The Centre for Rehabilitation and Advancement of Disables) is a non-profit organization and aims for wellbeing, welfare and empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). Founded in 2006 in Delhi as Public Charitable Trust, it has been bringing equal opportunities and economic rehabilitation to People with Disabilities through skill development, employment and dignified livelihood. We firmly believe that disability is not an attribute of the person, but results from the inter¬action between persons with impairments and social and environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation on equal basis. Hence, we endeavour to transform societal understanding to believe that the People with Disabilities are equally capable and productive, and we work towards removing the barriers (social or physical) for their well-being, growth and full participation.

Across the world, PwDs have poorer health conditions, lower educational standards, less economic participation and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. India has 180 Million persons with disabilities; 90 million of them have no employment and 60 million sleep hungry, 18 million cannot afford treatment, and majority of them have high mortality. They are poorest among poor and deprived to enjoy full participation whether it is education, employment or social interaction.

To achieve better development goals as enshrined in SDGs and beyond, we follow the truism “nothing empowers better than employment”, and focuses primarily on skill development and capacity building among PwDs, and assist them in gaining employment, in addition to other services in the field of education and social rehabilitation. In our endeavour to improve accessibility and equality of opportunity, participation and inclusion, and autonomy and dignity of persons with disabilities, we strive for:

Mainstreaming understanding, definition and measurement of disability, rehabilitation and national development;
Invoking empowerment, human rights and dignity, equal opportunities and enabling environment for inclusive growth and development;
Ensuring access to mainstream health services, therapies, assistive devices and economic rehabilitation measures;
Exploring support and assistance services for removing all kinds of barriers: social, physical or virtual, and for inclusive environments;
Ensuring quality education, skill development and dignified employment among PwDs; and
Integrating people with disabilities and DPOs with Government Schemes.
To create a right perspective on disability and rehabilitation, Trust Cradle undertakes policy dialogues amongst stakeholders-policy-makers, institutions, corporates, researchers, academics, development agencies, and civil societies and disabled people’s organizations- to create enabling environments, develop rehabilitation and support services, ensure adequate social protection, create inclusive policies and programmes, and enforce new and existing standards and legislation, to the benefit of people with disabilities and the wider community. As grassroot NGO, we constantly undertake to bridge the gap between policy makers and the PWDs communities, and integrate them with national or state government schemes.

In our endeavour to achieve international standards in awareness, health & education services, skill development and employment among the persons with disabilities, the organization has accomplished many projects of WHO (World Health Organization) and UN (United Nations) Agencies on advocacy, capacity building, assistive technology and rehabilitation.

Our driving vision is to have an inclusive world where people with disabilities may be able to live a life of health, com¬fort, and dignity.

A little concern may change million lives forever.